Nick Bassill

Sadly, nothing on the camera. Though if you want to over-analyze, it does look like some of the corn stalks/leaves in front of the site were jostled more than usual from frame to frame in the 5 minute period between images.

Thanks for sharing! In our case, there are two different anemometers working in tandem: sonic + prop, which had similar readings. Since there was a clear change in both pressure and irradiance, we think it's real.

FWIW, here's a plot of raw 12 second pressure data (red) and the gust time (blue).

Minor mystery: the @nysmesonet.org's York site gusted to 45.4 mph today, when no other stations were even half that. There is no rain, or even many clouds in NY today.

The meteogram shows a tiny pressure blip, and a dip in irradiance. Differential heating-driven pressure wave? Dust devil?

A former governor losing his own party's primary counts as "resurgent"???

I recognize that significant impacts from #Imelda are still possible without a direct landfall, but it's curious that the @accuweather.com track makes landfall while the NHC forecast keeps the storm offshore.

Your annual reminder to trust the experts at NHC & NWS.

Fun with data:

In the last 24 hours, the NYS Mesonet's Schaghticoke station has had 3.51" (so far, most in NY). That's just .1" shy of a 24-hour record at that site.

In the 90 days *before* this period, they were the driest station in the whole state, with 4.1" (in east-central NY). #nywx

With #Humberto and future-#Imelda in such close proximity, their future track and strength should be considered more uncertain than normal.

There's a million crazy options (some below - don't take them literally!), but of them, basically none of them give NY any rain. 😥

It's been very dry since June, with all but one @nysmesonet.org stations being below-average for precipitation in the last 90 days - and some almost 8" below expectations.

Column soil moisture values are near the 1st percentile for most stations, with frequent recent dry soil station records. #nywx

The Kimmel news isn't surprising. Near the start of his presidency, Trump functionally solicited a bribe from ABC under the auspices of inaccurate reporting. ABC gave him $15M.

Check out the below, and then consider the above in concert with today's news.

Bullies don't take your lunch money once.

I'd love to believe that, but where's the evidence for any sort of consequence? We reelected him. There aren't really any sort of mass protests, work stoppages, etc. The Supreme Court says he's invincible. Important mainstream media rolls over at the tiniest nudge. Not great, to say the least. 😕

The worst thing about this (to me) is the oxygen this takes up, at the expense of more tragic events like school shootings (today even!) and other innocent children/victims.

I thought this Yankees tweet was fake, but it isn't. The extra embarrassing thing is that Kirk clearly hated the Yankees.

It’s not simply important to denounce political violence because it looks bad not to. It’s the right thing to do on the merits. Even more specifically to this moment it’s important because the forces of fascism are inherently better at political violence than the forces of civic democracy.

I hadn't been for cuts to NOAA, but now ... I'm conflicted. 🫠

Like many sane people, I canceled my subscription when Bezos nixed their Harris endorsement. About a month ago, I got an email asking me to take a survey about how they could win me back with different plans/prices. Paying less money for the same biased political coverage wasn't a winner for me.

Remarkable how far our once-most trusted news outlets have fallen. The implication is what? That someone forged Trump's signature (while doing a great job), for reasons unknown?

The thing where journalists continue to pretend to believe the world's foremost liar is literally killing this country.

Once Donald Trump gets the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law – what comes next?

Can't wait to see this one in next year's report on how much better their TV forecasting is than NHC! 🙄

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This is a hilarious article title. Sure, Jan.

And this doesn't even list Pritzker's speech, Trump's health, etc

Either way, Phillies deserved that more than the Brewers. Walking the leadoff man when 7-8-9 was at the plate up 5-1 was inexcusable, and the HBP leadoff the next inning on a 2-2 count was almost as bad.

Booooooooooo

Is it dusty in here? 🥹

While many are going back to school, our center's first "microcredential" course ended today with 14 graduates. Over the course of four Wednesdays, these emergency managers learned about the weather as well as weather communication strategies. They grow up so fast!

Haha! Only 11 to go 😂

They're hot and they also own Cincy lately. Still, I also thought that was the end of the streak!

Milwaukee Brewers appreciation post:

They've won 13 in a row, to go along with prior 12 and 8 game win streaks. In this win, they came back from down 8-1 against a good Cincy team.

They're 6.5 games up on the next best MLB team while also playing in the toughest division. Hell yeah.

Attorney General Pam Bondi Delayed Execution of Murderer and Rapist to Attend Her Own Lavish Fundraiser Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has pretty much admitted she values money more than justice. Bondi has come under fire for postponing the execution of a cold-blooded killer and rapist who committed...

She literally rescheduled anexecution when she was Florida AG so she could have a fundraiser instead: www.miaminewtimes.com/news/attorne...

Forecast: verified! ✅

It's noon and right on cue there's a pseudo-stationary cell in east-central Albany county out ahead of the main line of storms. Meteorology is cool.

(Though I didn't use the HRRR's forecast time verbatim - historical knowledge let me know the HRRR would be late to initiation)

There's a very clear signal in models like the HRRR for some Mohawk-Hudson Convergence induced thunderstorm development. In this animation of five consecutive HRRR forecasts valid at 1PM, notice how a theoretical storm is "stuck" in eastern Albany county, where winds converge.

🌩️ around noon! #nywx

He drank the wannabe-popular kool-aid. He was pretty good in his analytical work back when 538 was a thing and worth reading. Now he's completely unwatchable.

Beautiful day at Governors Island today, with a nice view of Manhattan.